Actor David Carradine Dead at 72

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Actor David Carradine is dead under what officials are calling "unusual circumstances."

Death in Bangkok

David Carradine, who has over 100 films to his credit, was found dead in his Bangkok, Thailand hotel room closet. Carradine was in Thailand working on a new film and was said to be enthusiastic about the movie, but when he didn't show up for work, people began to worry.

No Suicide

Though he was found in a manner that is indicative of suicide, his manager, family and friends said that Carradine would never do such a thing and that he was happy and things were going well at the time of his death. Hotel guests reportedly told police that the veteran actor was in good spirits and he did not behave at all like a man who was thinking about taking his own life. Additionally, representatives for Carradine said that he had many future projects in the works, also not indicative of a person thinking about suicide.

Investigators now believe that he may have died of an accidental suffocation or heart failure. The death continues to be under investigation and authorities say it should take about three weeks to get autopsy results back.

Carradine is best known for starring in the 1970's show Kung Fu, but was more recently exposed to younger generations in his role of Bill in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Kill Bill Vol. 2 starring opposite Uma Thurman and Lucy Liu.

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